Outline - Executive

Lecture Outline - The Executive Branch

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Terms

Inherent Power
Commander in Chief
Executive Agreement
Executive Privilege
Line Item Veto
Legislative Initiative
Cabinet
Permanent Campaign
Plural Executive
Full Pardon

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History
- The Sword
- Monarch
- British Civil Wars
- Colonial Grievances

Function within the constitutional system
- Political
- Bureaucratic

US Design
- Singular
-- the Theory of the Unitary Executive
- Powers
-- expressed
-- delegated
--inherent
---commander in chief

Expressed Powers
- Military
- Diplomatic
- Executive
- Judicial
- Legislative

Texas Design
- Plural
-- Fear of executive power
- Governor as one of many independently elected officials

Ambiguity in Presidential Power
- Does the Constitution empower or limit the president?
- TR v Taft

Increase in presidential power

Original Role

Washington